The Portland daily press., 1887-02-23
The Value Of the Farm Animals
of Maine.
The Pine Tree State Compares More
Than FavorabIy with Other States.
A Banquet to Justin Mccarthy by
Irish Members Of the House.
Both :Houses Making Good Progress
In Business.
lspeeIal 70 the pnrssl.

U4ohANoAONs HCu. -.
The report of the Statistician of the De-
partment of Agriculture for the months of
January and February, 1887, upon the num-
Der and value of farm animals, contains the
following figures regarding Maine stock
The number Of horses on farms in Maine is
estimated at 1904, with an average price Of
$500, and total value Of SS,167, $50, Of
milch cows, 165,S49, average price $3.50,
total value $4,S92, JAG; number of oxen and
other cattle 49,, ,160 average price S281S, total
value S5.20s, 1888; number Of sheep 526659
average price $2.79, total value S1,470,695 I;
number Of hogs 71.o56. average price $780,
total value S6l1, ,080. The average price Of
horses under one year old in Maine is S31,
between one and two years S52, between two
and three years S73, and over three years
old $l0727. The average price per head for
oxen and other cattle under one year Of age
is $50, of sheep $2.17 and of hogs S6.75.
Between one and two years: Of oxen $15.05,
of sheep over year old SO, and of hogs over
one year SIG. Between two and three years,
average price of oxen is S24, and over three
years S42.
The whole number of horses in the United
States is II. 496, ,744, the average price S7215,
and the total value $9O1, ,6S5, ,755. OF milch
cows the number in the country is S14,522,-
0S3, average price $26.OS, and total value
1878, ,7S9.5S9; of oxen and other cattle 33, ,79s,
589, average price S1979 and total value
1866, ,137, ,926; sheep 44,759,314, average price
S201, total cost $50, ,S72, $50, and hogs 44,612,-
S36, average price $4.4s, and total value $500
043,291. An examination of these figures
shows that in every instance the average
price Of farm stock is higher in Maine than
the average for the whole country, in the
case Of horses it being over SIG more, cows
50, oxen S11, sheep .7S and hogs nearly
double. Compared with the same months
last year the number Of horses has been in
creased 419,0S7, mules. 64,54S. milch cows
2S6,695, oxen and other cattle 2,236,5os. The
number of sheep has decreased 1868, OH, and
of hogs 1,479,207. The average value of
horses have increased $0.SS, of sheep S0l0,
and of hogs S0.23. On the other hand the
average price of mules has decreased 5000,
OF milch cows $1.52 and Of hogs S1.3S. AS
compared with ten years ago the price Of
horses, mules and oxen, has largely increased
of sheep and hogs have slightly decreased,
while the price of milch cows was then S2641
and is now S26.OS change of SO cents.
Justin Mccarthy DIned.
The Irish members of the House of Rep
resentatives, of whom there are quite num-
Der on both sides Of the chamber, gave din
ner tonight at Chamberlin's in honor Of the
Hon. Justin Mccarthy. Between fifty and
sixty sat down to one Of Chamberlin's best
spreads, and at the close of the banquet
toasts were responded to by many Of the
leading Irishmen Of the House.
Business in the House and Senate.
Both houses have made fair progress with
their business today, the Senate passing the
District of Columbia and military academy
appropriation bills, thus clearing its calan-
der Of all appropriation bills which have
been reported from the appropriation COM
mittee. House finished consideration Of the
Senate amendments to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill, agreeing to a few Of them and
disagreeing to the remainder, and asking
conference upon them. The post-office bill
was then taken up and considered until three
o'clock, when the Pike eulogies were begun.
The vote upon the Senate subsidy amend
ment was not reached, but will probably be
taken up tomorrow. The chances for agree
ing to the amendment have not increased
and there is not doubt of its defeat.
PERSONAL.
Josiah Pierce, Jr., Of Portland, is here.